Post by politicidal on Oct 15, 2018 22:10:16 GMT
That's right, Batman's butler is getting his own series. Honestly, the premise doesn't sound so bad. Like a prequel to Michael Caine's version in the Dark Knight Trilogy. It will premiere on EPIX.
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Have you ever watched a Batman movie and thought to yourself “Man, that Alfred is one fastidious butler. He’s also weirdly loyal to the guy who treats him like crap, forces him to work all day and all night, and goes around beating up dudes dressed like clowns and penguins. What is his deal?” You have? Wow, I’m really good at reading people. And good news! Your dream TV show is coming.
It is called Pennyworth, and it is about Alfred Pennyworth, Batman’s loyal manservant, in his days prior to his job in the Batcave. The press release claims this Alfred — who will be played by Jack Bannon — is “a former British SAS soldier in his 20s, who forms a security company and goes to work with a young billionaire Thomas Wayne, who’s not yet Bruce’s father, in 1960s London.”
Though the Alfreds of the movies tend to be older, grandfatherly dudes, this Alfred will be “a boyishly handsome, cheerful, charming, clever young man”:
Honest, open-faced and witty; you'd never take him for an SAS killer. Alfred doesn't know how to reconcile the kind-hearted boy he used to be with the cold, calculated killer he was forced to become. He's a man on the make, who doesn't know what to make of himself yet.
It is called Pennyworth, and it is about Alfred Pennyworth, Batman’s loyal manservant, in his days prior to his job in the Batcave. The press release claims this Alfred — who will be played by Jack Bannon — is “a former British SAS soldier in his 20s, who forms a security company and goes to work with a young billionaire Thomas Wayne, who’s not yet Bruce’s father, in 1960s London.”
Though the Alfreds of the movies tend to be older, grandfatherly dudes, this Alfred will be “a boyishly handsome, cheerful, charming, clever young man”:
Honest, open-faced and witty; you'd never take him for an SAS killer. Alfred doesn't know how to reconcile the kind-hearted boy he used to be with the cold, calculated killer he was forced to become. He's a man on the make, who doesn't know what to make of himself yet.
